Mrinal Sen

Mrinal Sen was a noted Bengali filmmaker based in Kolkata. Along with his contemporaries Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak, he was often considered to be one of the greatest ambassadors of Bengali parallel cinema on the global stage. He died on 30 December 2018 at the age of 95 at his home in Bhawanipore, Kolkata. The cause was a heart attack.

Mrinal Sen

Like the works of Ray and Ghatak, his cinema was known for its artistic depiction of social reality. Although the three directors shared a healthy rivalry, they were ardent admirers of each other's work, and in so doing, they charted the independent trajectory of parallel cinema, as a counterpoint to the mainstream fare of Hindi cinema in India. Sen was an ardent follower of Marxist philosophy.

Mrinal Sen

Awards

National Awards

National Film Award for Best Feature Film

• Buvan shome in 1969
• Chorus in 1974
• Mrigayaa in 1976
• Akaler Sandhane in 1980

National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film

• Calcutta 71 in 1972
• Kharij in 1980

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali

• Punascha in 1961
• Akash Kusum in 1965
• Antareen in 1993

Feature Film Feature Film in Telugu

• Oka Oori Katha in 1977

National Film Award – Special Mention (Feature Film)

• Parashuram in 1978

National Film Award for Best Direction

• Buvan shome in 1969
• Ek Din Pratidin in 1979
• Akaler Sandhane in 1980
• Khandhar in 1984

National Film Award for Best Screenplay

• Padatik in 1974
• Akaler Sandhane in 1980
• Kharij in 1980

Filmfare Awards

Critics Award for Best Film

• Mrigayaa in 1976

Best Screenplay

• Khandhar in 1984

Best Director – Bengali

• Akaler Sandhane in 1980

Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

• Bengali Cinema in 2017

International award

Mopscow International Film Festival- Silver Prize

• Chorus in 1975
• Parashuram in 1978

Krlovy Vary International Film Festival- Special Juru Prize

• Oka Oori Katha in 1977

Berlin  International Film Festival-Interfilm Award

• Parashuram in 1978
• Akaler Sandhane in 1980
• Grand Jury Prize
• Akaler Sandhane in 1980

Cannes Film Festival -Jury Prize

• Kharij in 1980

Valladolid International Film Festival - Golden Spike

• Khandhar in 1984

Chicago International Film Festival - Gold Hugo

• Khandhar in 1984

Venice Film Festival -OCIC Award - Honorable Mention

• Ek Din Achanak in 1989

Cairo International Film Festival -Silver Pyramid for Best Director

• Aamar Bhuban in 2002

Mrinal Sen With Dr.Abdul Kalam

State and Institutional honors

• In 1979, he was awarded the Nehru Soviet Land Award by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for his      contribution to world cinema.
• In 1981, the Government of India awarded Sen with the Padma Bhushan.
• In 1985, President François Mitterrand, the President of France, awarded him the Commandeur de      Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters), the highest civilian honour     conferred by that country, in recognition of significant contributions to the arts,
• In 1993, he was awarded an honorary D. Litt. by the University of Burdwan.
• In 1996, Sen was awarded an honorary D. Litt. by Jadavpur University.
• In 1999, he was awarded an honorary D. Litt. by Rabindra Bharati University
• Between 1998 and 2003, he was made an Honorary Member of the Indian Parliament in       the Rajya  Sabha. 
• In 2000, President Vladimir Putin of the Russian federation honored him with the Order of Friendship.
• In 2005, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest honor given to an Indian filmmaker, was awarded to     him by the Government of India for the year 2003.
• In 2009, he was awarded an honorary D. Litt. by the University of Calcutta.
• In 2017, he was inducted as a member of the Oscar Academy

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